Barron's study guide PRACTICE QUESTIONS

In what way might a behaviorist disagree with a cognitive psychologist about the cause of aggression?

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might say aggression is caused by a past repressed experience.

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is a behavior encouraged by our genetic code, while a cognitive psychologist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior.

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggressive behavior is caused by an expressed desire to fulfill certain life needs.

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior.

• A behaviorist would not disagree with a cognitive psychologist about aggression because they both that aggressive behavior is caused by the way we cognitively process certain behaviors.

Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker's actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective?

• behavioral

• cognitive

• psychoanalytic

• humanist

• social-cultural

The research methodology Wilhem Wundt used is called

• introspection

• structuralism

• naturalistic observation

• inferential

• scientific

Which of the following psychologists wrote the first psychology textbook?

• William James

• Wilhem Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

• John Watson

• Albert Bandura

Which of the following psychologists was part of the Gestalt group of psychologists?

• Carl Rogers

• Wilhem Wundt

• B.F. Skinner

• John Watson

• Max Wertheimer

Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory has been criticized for being

• appropriate for female patients, but not male patients.

• only applicable to research settings, not therapy settings.

• based on large groups, not individual cases.

• unscientific and unverifiable.

• too closely tied to behavioristic thought.

B.F. Skinner introduced the idea of __________ to the paradigm of behaviorism.

• unconscious thinking

• reinforcement

• conditioning

• defense mechanisms

• introspection

Which of the following psychologists might have described himself as a humanist?

• B.F. Skinner

• William James

• Abraham Maslow

• John Watson

• Ivan Pavlov

Psychologists generally prefer the experimental method to other research methods because

• experiments are more likely to support psychologists' hypotheses

• experiments can show cause-effect relationships

• it is easier to obtain a random sample for an experiment

• double-blind designs are unnecessary in an experiment

• experiments are more likely to result in statistically significant findings

Theoretically, random assignment should eliminate

• sampling error

• the need to use statistics.

• concerns over validity

• many confounding variables

• the need for a representative sample